Nov 12, 2013 - Sale 2330

Sale 2330 - Lot 136

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
LEGH, GERARD. The Accedence of Armorie. Newly corrected and augmented. Title within woodcut historiated border with crude partial hand-coloring; woodcut coats-of-arms throughout, about half hand-colored. [14] (of [16]), 241, [2] pages; lacks the folding plate and the initial leaf, blank except for signature A on recto. 4to, 176x137 mm, 19th-century 1/2 vellum, spine darkened; occasional marginal soiling, blank outer margin excised from penultimate leaf. London: John Jaggard, 1612

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Sixth edition of a manual of heraldry in dialogue form first published in 1562. Pages 177-79 contain a little-known version of the story of King Lear and his daughters. STC 15391.